Forgot to mention, just picked up some new bushings to replace the stock paris bushings at my local shop. They are self lubricating too. Yellow chubbies on bottom, blue barrels on top. Riptide bushings rock!

Nice! THis was my first year so I didn't do any filming but for sure next year I'll get some shots cause I'm pretty good at freeriding and I can do a lot of freestyle. I'm thinking of buying an Apex 40 next summer too.

My friend has some 86a fat frees he just put on his board, and I actually found my softer 80a zombie hawgz and my new these wheels to slide better than his. Maybe it had to do with his board and how my tomahawk has foot pockets, but I'm not sure. I was at my local shop today and decided to pick up some these wheels, and man are they great. They were leaving a weird blackish thane line, but it wasn't shedding any thane off the wheel really. But the name is so confusing for people

No mine were brand new, just put on, and his were broken in a little. But he thought he was sliding better on my board because my trucks were looser. He doesn't have flat washers in his bears, and so the washers were really thick and he couldn't loosen the trucks too much, because if he did the nut would fall off because it didn't have enough room on the kingpin, if that makes any sense

They were $70 which is definitely high but I got talked into it. They are supposed to last as long as two sets of other wheels though, and the my local shop said they are really hard to get. After almost a week of cruising and sliding they haven't coned or worn down at all really. They are freeride wheels and they do a great job at it. They are super smooth but can still throw a great slide out when you want them to. They break traction well and I feel like I have a lot of control of them, they won't slide out at all. They definitely seem to live up to their expectations so far though

Anyone know the widest trucks out there? I'm finding 200mm, but nothing bigger. I want to make my own mountain board with a drop through deck but I'm worried I won't have the clearance for 3.75" wide wheels with an 8 or 9" deck. Any thoughts?

@snowj720 Original sells trucks that are really wide. The S10's are 250mm but they are pretty pricey ($74). I've never seen any that size or bigger than them so thats the best I can do for you. hope this helped and you find some, I'll keep an eye out for ya and let you know if i see some.

I am all about the cruisers. I have a sector nine deck and gull wing trucks. They are awesome they are double pin trucks so I can turn like crazy. I was never really into the sliding, i can do it but i would rather just cruise and chill. I had a loaded dervish but i didnt like how it was so long that it wasnt easy to carry around so i switched to the shorter board. And im lovin it

@snowj720 Original sells trucks that are really wide. The S10's are 250mm but they are pretty pricey ($74). I've never seen any that size or bigger than them so thats the best I can do for you. hope this helped and you find some, I'll keep an eye out for ya and let you know if i see some.

Cool, thanks. I was actually hoping for something around that size. That is pricey but have you seen what a good mountain board is complete? $250 and up seems to be the price for a decent one. Is that 74 for one truck or a pair? I need to start looking for them, or just bite the bullet and by a cheapo complete, but I hate to do that when I know I could make what I'm looking for for less.

@snowj720 Original sells trucks that are really wide. The S10's are 250mm but they are pretty pricey ($74). I've never seen any that size or bigger than them so thats the best I can do for you. hope this helped and you find some, I'll keep an eye out for ya and let you know if i see some.

Cool, thanks. I was actually hoping for something around that size. That is pricey but have you seen what a good mountain board is complete? $250 and up seems to be the price for a decent one. Is that 74 for one truck or a pair? I need to start looking for them, or just bite the bullet and by a cheapo complete, but I hate to do that when I know I could make what I'm looking for for less.

That price is for the pair. If you look around you can probably find them a couple bucks cheaper just using a google search.

I bet you could probably find them for a bit cheaper on some retail websites. And I'll be sure to post pics of the boards as soon as I make them, it will probably be a winter project cause I'm gonna take apart my current board at the end of the season because its starting to split but I can use it till the end of fall.

So I had a pretty close call today skating. I was coming down this road and I went to do a coleman right before a completely blind curve which wasn't the best idea. I drifted a couple feet into the other lane mid-slide, and a guy in a big van flew around the curve and slammed on the brakes like 10 feet from me. I fell, snatched my board and ran to the side of the road and just waved at him It was so close haha

Absolutely. I'm looking to buy a new board sometime this winter while they're cheap and I was looking at an Original Apex 40 for the longest time. Now I've been thinking of going with the Bustin Boombox instead. Its gonna be a tough decision.

On another note I made a pair of sliding gloves a few weeks ago and they work great. All I did was velcro snowboard binding disks to a pair of work gloves. I'm having trouble uploading the picture of it now but I'll upload it later. They look mad sketchy but work great.

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